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The Professor of Noir

@ProfANSmith

Professor, Noir Writer, Lit Mag Editor, Mexcian Food Fanatic, Cheap Wine Drinker, & Exploitation Film Admirer.

Minnesota Katılım Kasım 2025
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u.v.ray@uvray_deceased·
I need to reach more readers. I'm thinking of self-publishing the next book CINESTHETIC solely on @amazon KDP, rather than paperback... Opinions?
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u.v.ray@uvray_deceased·
I don't know. Maybe I don't get my ad campaigns right. Maybe they haven't got that certain je ne sais quoi that draws people to them. What do you think?
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Underbelly Press - ISSUE 6 OUT NOW
Underbelly Press - ISSUE 6 OUT NOW@UnderbellyPress·
This week's Thursday Throwback features Bar Stool Elegy by @jdclappwrites It's a striking piece with a punchy, driving rhythm we loved. 'Scribbling this barstool Elegy on A tear-stained napkin For seasons lost, Sins forgotten then Remembered' Read it now in Issue 5.
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The Professor of Noir@ProfANSmith·
New St>a>c>k about why I don't do bookstores and conferences, also books I rec, and a plan for me to come do a reading at your house for you and your friends. Link in next Twxxt
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Steve
Steve@Steve421464·
Told my cousin (a writer) I was only ever a week away from quitting writing and they said "a real writer is only ever three days away from quitting" so there's that.
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The Professor of Noir@ProfANSmith·
@uvray_deceased It is, absolutely. But if writing wasn't a part of my life, I'd feel empty. I always have something to work on that I want to share. It just...is. I want you to keep writing books and find someone in the US to give them the grand treatment they deserve. Cross fingers.
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u.v.ray
u.v.ray@uvray_deceased·
@ProfANSmith It's just so exhausting to keep swimming against the tide.
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u.v.ray@uvray_deceased·
“Your name’s not down, you’re not coming in.” The old bouncer on the door. Now the preserve of those critters who’ve wangled themselves as our literary gate-keepers and formed their own little buddy-clubs, all licking each other’s genitals. Is self-publishing the answer?
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The Professor of Noir@ProfANSmith·
@uvray_deceased The game is like this, eh? 1) it's not like it was in the 90s and early 00s, more traditional, but 2) it still allows for a lot of self-starters to fight for our own space. Depressing but also hopeful.
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u.v.ray
u.v.ray@uvray_deceased·
@ProfANSmith That makes for quite depressing reading. It's bang on though.
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The Professor of Noir@ProfANSmith·
@uvray_deceased I know what you mean about the cult. I always considered myself a cult writer with a tiny cult. Instead of trying to dump the cult label, I'm going to "recruit" new readers to the cult.
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The Professor of Noir@ProfANSmith·
@uvray_deceased I think we're on our own (except when a small press helps). We have to do it ourselves. God knows I didn't want to HAVE to do it. But I'm going to follow the indie music artist model. I've been reading Joel Gouveia's Substack about this: substack.com/home/post/p-18…
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The Professor of Noir@ProfANSmith·
@uvray_deceased ...and to do that, we need to sell ourselves somehow. I'm going with a Substack to get my name out there (again), try to get people interested in the old titles, stick around for the new. I have small presses publishing me know, some self-pubbed, and plan to keep splitting it.
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The Professor of Noir@ProfANSmith·
@uvray_deceased I think that's CRAZY hard but it would've been with a big press too (I've seen friends get zero help with NYC books a lot). It might be slow, but building a true readership willing to buy every book might be the only way forward...
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